The National tribune. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1877-1917, 1887-05-12
A Phenomenal Enterprise.
The Kelly Motor" was first heard of about

The Kelly Motor" was first heard of about
eighteen years ago. Since that time it has had
the advantage of being heralded by practical
machnists, scientists, and the contribution Of
many thousand dollars by enthusiastic share
holders Of its stock One feature serves to
keep it alive in the minds of the people: the
profound mystery which surrounds its whole
being 1t is the veritable Modern Sphynxl
Now, tried by the test of RESULTS, what have
the developments of eighteen years to shown
Some pieces of timber broken, and some
missiles shot out of a tube. Ifanything practical
has been accomplished the knowledge of it is
the exclusive property Of the Sphynx.
When, in any line of human action surpris-
Ing results have been achieved, there is an in
nate desire in the mind to investigate such re-
suits, and to trace out the relation Of "cause
and effect" in them. As we have seen, great
causes may be long time in operation, with
apparently trivial results. The mountain
may groan in labor to bring forth little
mouse"
Almost contemporary with the heralding
of the "Keely Motor" Compound Oxygen was
heard Of Let us compare results. That these
effects, flowing legitimately from the manufac-
ture and dispensing of our agent, are phenome-
nal, we think no one will deny, be he friend or foe
What are some of these7 We have minis
tered to more than $4,000 persons now living,
who would at once declare that our ministraton
has been to them boon In consequence, pro-
prietors of sanatariums have, naturally, been
stirred up to "put stop to this thing, you
knowl" Hence they get learned Professors of
Colleges to analyse specimens Of Compound
Oxygen Home Treatment" to prove (2) that
they contained no curative property. These
analyses have been industriously circulated by
publication. Again, we have excited many
physicians to unite in their corporate capacity
to crush out the Compound Oxygen business
Again, these results have encouraged small
army of imitators to spring up in different parts
of the country. Nor is this all. We challenge
any man, or set of men, in the whole world, to
produce so brilliant a truthful record of cures as
we are able and willing to show. 1t will not
detract from the remarkable character of these
results to bear in mind that almost the whole
of them have been accomplished in the last ten
years-the firm completing its first decade the
present month.
The reluctant admission of our interested
enemies is, that our enterprise, as business, is
a success. 1t is also in evidence that we have
treated 10000 invalids, although each one is
required to invest fifteen dollars in order to
make the trial. The fact of our success then
being established, the question of greatest i'm
portance to those who are seeking restoration to
health is, what is the secret of itp Of course
the financial aspect of the question is of no
concern to them, only as it involves another {:
dis the financial success legitimate1" In other
words, has the enterprise prospered thus, mainly,
because it has achieved a genuine and a greater
good than any other similar agencyp Accord
ing to the solution of these questions we are
ready to stand or fall.
What are some of the evidences that we have
thus prospered because we have deserved tor
We contend that nothing but the inherent gen.
uineness of our curative agent has enabled us to
hold the position which we hold to-day. The
assaults of the small army of imtators are not
trifing. There are two classes Of these: one
class bid forpublic confidence by trying to make
it appear that they are using the identical agent
that Starkey & Palen are using. One of them
declares that he obtained his formula from
the same party in Paris, from whom Starkey &
Palen received theirs. As there is no one in
Paris who has the formula which we use, it
would be safe to take his other statements "cum
grano sails !" especially as he published some
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